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Modifying chemotherapy treatment can improve lives of older people with ca
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Standard chemotherapy regimens, which are primarily based on testing in relatively young and healthy patients, may be more harmful to older persons with cancer, who frequently battle with other health conditions.
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Expanding Access to Care: Telemedicine and Senior Citizen Health Insurance
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16: In India, many older people find it hard to visit doctors. Hospitals can be far away. Appointments are time-consuming. For illnesses like diabetes or heart disease, regular check-ups are needed. Health insurance is there to help. But what if it was also easy t
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Unexplained weight loss in older people is linked with increased risk of f
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a study of 929 older women, Edith Cowan University (ECU) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Cassandra Smith discovered that abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a marker of advanced blood vessel disease, was associated with a higher likelihood of rapid weight loss.
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Study finds bias against older people in Israeli hiring practices
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience, which handles matters concerning senior citizens in the State of Israel, commissioned a study that found most Israeli employers are biased against hiring older people for jobs.
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JN.1 variant is fast spreading; vulnerable for older people with multiple
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the emergence of a fresh coronavirus subvariant JN.1, Co-Chair, IMA COVID Task Force Dr Rajeev Jayadevan on Thursday said that the new strain can be problematic for old age people with multiple comorbidities.
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High 'good cholesterol' is linked to risk of dementia: Study
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a Monash University-led study, an increased risk of dementia in older people has been related to excessively high levels of HDL-C, generally known as good cholesterol.
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Meditation training can support wellbeing in older people: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
An 18-month meditation programme can increase the well-being of older persons, according to a new randomised controlled trial led by an international team co-directed by UCL.
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Intervention for carers helps in prevention of elder abuse: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A recent double-blind, randomised controlled experiment discovered that an educational and social support intervention for caretakers reduced elder abuse among older people with chronic conditions, including dementia.
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Older people might have glaucoma without realizing it: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
It can be difficult to recognise that you have glaucoma. In a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg, over 5% of 70-year-olds were found to have glaucoma, and half of those identified were ignorant of their condition.
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New technology empowers dementia patients in aged care
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Now, the eye-tracking technology with older people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities will improve the online assessment tools to enable wider collection of self-reported quality of care and quality of life information from older people themselves, said Matthew Flinders
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Older people may have good memory with digital puzzle games: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new study, older people who play digital puzzle games have the same recall capacity as people in their twenties. The University of York study also discovered that persons aged 60 and up who play digital puzzle games had a stronger ability to disregard irrelevant distractions,
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Digital puzzle games might be good for memory in older adults: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study found that older people who play digital puzzle games had the same memory abilities as persons in their twenties.
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